Reset Options

IMPORTANT: Reseting any settings on your phone is permanent and you will not be able to revert back to the settings you had before the reset unless you have a back up saved on your phone or unless you go back into your phone and manually change the settings back to how they were before the reset. With a Factory Data Reset you will lose all of your information permanently if it is not backed up or saved on a hard drive or cloud service separate from your device

Soft Reset

This won’t appear in the reset settings but is synonymous to taking the battery out of a phone and putting it back in for those of you who remember flip phones. This will not reset or erase anything on your phone. The purpose of a soft reset is more so to refresh the device. This is slightly different that trying to power off the phone and clicking the restart button. If you are ever having glitchy issues with your device whether it be apps crashing, slower navigation, screen freezing, or any overall glitching, the soft reset can usually fix a lot of minor issues.

To soft reset your Pixel phone, Hold down on the volume down button and the power button on both sides of your phone and continue to hold until the phone goes dark and the Google logo appears on start up.

Reset Wi-Fi, Mobile & Bluetooth

This will reset the connections settings on your phone and Does not reset any of your other settings or personal information. A network settings reset Will only reset:

• Wi-Fi: Reseting the Wi-Fi can help with issues that prevent or limit your phone from connecting to a Wi-Fi network. When you reset your network settings you will need to reconnect to any home or familiar Wi-Fi networks and re-enter the password when doing so.
• Mobile data: This will help with mobile data issues on your phone and allow your device to refresh and reconnect to your carriers cell towers which could be helpful for network related issues both on your device and cell tower updates.
• Bluetooth: This will reset the connection with any bluetooth devices including your watches, vehicles, headphones, etc.

Reset App Preferences

Resetting the App Preference Will not delete any App Data, Personal Information or Network Settings.

This Reset will Only reset preferences for:

• Disabled Apps
• Disabled App Notifications
• Default Applications For Actions
• Background Data Restrictions For Apps
• Any Permission Restrictions 

Erase Downloaded SIMs

This will erase any ESIMs that you have downloaded on your phone.

This will not erase any personal information. The only purpose for a SIM or ESIM is so your phone can communicate with your wireless carriers towers (Verizon, AT&T, T-mobile etc.).

Note: If you erase your ESIM you will lose mobile data on your device which means you will not be able to make calls, texts, or access the internet. Do not do this unless you have a specific reason for doing so. If you’re not sure, contacts your wireless carrier for details.

Factory Data Reset

This however is the hard reset we’re all afraid of. This will completely erase everything on your phone and this cannot be undone. It is highly recommended that your personal information has successfully transfered to another device, hard drive, or is fully backed up to a cloud service. A factory data reset Will completely erase:

• Google account
• System and app data
• Settings
• Downloaded apps
• Notes
• Music
• Pictures
• All other user data
• Service provider apps and content
• EVERYTHING